Mine detail: Klondike

Previously called 'New Klondike'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.16412, -113.37276

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Ore: Gold, Molybdenite, Scheelite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR VEIN
Discovery year: 1944

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metamorphic
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1946

Geology

Host rock:Big Horse Ls Member Of Orr Formation
Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Painter Springs Intrusive
Associated type:Monzonite
Structure:Basin & Range, Roof Pendant Of Ls Domed By Intrusion
Tectonic:Cordilleran Geosyncline
Alteration processes:Tactite

References

MRDSD004371
DEP10101514
Reference{Deposit:: EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. & MIN SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION}{Deposit:: HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIM. GEOL. MAP OF THE NOTCH PEAK QUADRANGLE: USGS MF 636}{Deposit:: EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INF. CIRC. 8014}{Deposit:: HINTZE, L.F., 1973, GEOL. ROAD LOG OF WESTERN UTAH AND EASTERN NEVADA: BYU GEOLOGY STUDIES V.20 PT2}{Deposit:: 1876 RECON GILBERT, G.K., 100TH MER. RPT V3}{Deposit:: 1908 RECON WALCOTT, C.D., SMITHSONIAN MIS COL V 53}{Deposit:: 1951 RECON WHEELER, H.E., UGMS GUIDEBOOK 6}{Production:: EVERETT, F.D., 1961: TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFOR. CIR. 8014}
ReporterEverts, Michael L.